The world-class Sn, Nb, Ta, F (Y, REE, Li) Deposit and the massive cryolite associated with the albite-enriched facies of the madeira a-type granite, Pitinga Mining District, Amazonas State, Brazil

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1329-1357

  Bastos Neto, Artur C ^a   Pereira, Vitor P ^a   Ronchi, Luiz H ^b   De Lima, Evandro F ^a   Frantz, José C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A type granite; Albite enriched granite; Amazonian craton; Brazil; Cryolite; Gagarinite; Madeira; Pitinga; Pyrochlore

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE GRANITE; ALBITIZATION; CONTINUOUS TRANSITIONS; EXSOLUTION; GREENLAND; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGMATISMS; MINING DISTRICT; PYROCHLORES; ROCK MATRIX; SILICATE MELTS; XENOTIME;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR DEPOSITS; GRANITE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TANTALUM; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; YTTRIUM; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

HALIDE MINERALS;

A-TYPE ROCK; ALBITE; ALBITIZATION; ALKALINITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYOLITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITION; FELDSPAR GROUP; HEAVY METAL; HOMOGENEITY; IMMISCIBILITY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC FACIES; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PITINGA MINE;

EID: 77249088207     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.47.6.1329     Document Type: Article

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